The Trial (Franz Kafka) - Thug Notes Summary & Analysis

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From plot debriefs to key motifs, Thug Notes’ The Trial Summary & Analysis has you covered with themes, symbols, important quotes, and more.
The Trial (1925)
by Franz Kafka
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@CoriSparx 7 жыл бұрын

_"Sometimes the gnarliest evil is a boring-ass bureaucracy that wears yo' ass down day by day with bullshit rights and corrupt systems that make yo' life such a living hell that you don't even know what you fightin for no more!"_ Words of wisdom right there. Seriously XD

@__-cd9ug 3 жыл бұрын

whenever somebody asks you what the hell kafkaesque means, just repeat that sentence haha

@Sarinleigh 3 жыл бұрын

Still like that today

@LucBoeren 2 жыл бұрын

That's so fucking good I could cry

@sweetsweetmeat 7 жыл бұрын

'"Like a dog" he said, it is as though the shame would outlive him.' I'll never forget the last sentence of that book. A perfect summation, in my opinion.

@ansabilyas764 Жыл бұрын

How?

@EricPendleton Жыл бұрын

I don’t think Kafka actually wrote that. He never finished most of his books before he died. They were finished by his friend who had his stuff published posthumously. I guess he had trouble concluding his work. That why most of his stories end so abruptly.

@VincentMaslowski 7 ай бұрын

@@EricPendleton Kafka allegedly wrote and the beginning and ending chunks of The Trial first, and then haphazardly went about filling in the middle portions.

@ahikernamedgq 7 жыл бұрын

Greatest literary criticism on the internet.

@ThomasHaberkorn 5 жыл бұрын

it's not criticism.

@panem1562 4 жыл бұрын

@@ThomasHaberkorn its a review and analysis.

@violante1421 3 жыл бұрын

@@ThomasHaberkorn "Literary criticism is the comparison, analysis, interpretation, and/or evaluation of works of literature."

@patrickcarrington7515 3 жыл бұрын

Hands down

@thecouncilofbrazilianchads5580 2 жыл бұрын

More especially Twitter and Facebook but more especially Twitter…

@k-Gonzo 7 жыл бұрын

Insane ARREST Prank GONE WRONG!!1! (Gone Bureaucratic)

@eroupopper 7 жыл бұрын

+Sam Novak The first "Prank gone wrong"

@RandolphCthulhu 7 жыл бұрын

Problem with "Justice" like this it moves more like a con game than official justice. Hard to tell real justice from a con game at that point.

@badnewswade 4 жыл бұрын

It's also about the way we put ourselves on trial. A guilt complex is like living in a totalitarian state - Its lawmen are everywhere, just like in the book, and the courts are "in every attic" - in the quiet places in your head where things are stored. And eventually, you convince yourself that you are guilty... and submit to death.

@DodderingOldMan 2 жыл бұрын

I absolutely agree with this. I just finished reading the book, and I honestly believe it's a valid interpretation to conclude that the whole trial was a paranoid delusion. Reminded me of American Psycho in a strange way.

@osgrath Жыл бұрын

Profound! And if you don't mind I would like to use it in something I am writing now.

@leischutte9179 6 ай бұрын

When I read this Kaufka story, I interpreted it as being about the existential situation about life.

@leischutte9179 6 ай бұрын

Unless I am thinking of a different Kaufka story because this isn’t sounding like the story I am thinking of

@mikeRoweSoftLee 7 жыл бұрын

thug notes is lit

@MadameRaven1 7 жыл бұрын

Hugh Mungus literally literature lit.

@jackblair9668 5 жыл бұрын

Nice AJJ pfp

@heyitsmed4556 5 жыл бұрын

What are the chances? Knife Man is a great album.

@kangaroofuno 3 жыл бұрын

What does the word "lit" mean?

@TomboTime Жыл бұрын

It puts the lit in literature

@NikNocturnal 7 жыл бұрын

This is the future of education, thank you

@morales8697 3 жыл бұрын

If it inspires people to read it then cool but master level would be explaining the book without many spoilers so a bit of that feeling of desperation from the first reading can be preserved tbqh But thanks of his way of telling it where he leaves so many blanks while telling the nutshell of the story he already kinda does make you want to understand it more in depth

@Jay121 3 жыл бұрын

This is the argument used by the woke and the un woke. What's really going on here?

@AdolfStalin 2 жыл бұрын

Oh hi Nik. Love your metal videos

@subrsubrr334 7 жыл бұрын

I can say in all seriousness that this series reignited my love for literature - I downloaded a whole bunch of books and started reading again! Yo, Dr. Sweets, can I make a suggestion? Could you please review Master and Margarita by Mikhail Bulgakov, Faust by Goethe, or 1Q84 by Haruki Murakami? That last one may not be the same caliber, but it's a lot of fun to read!

@tryingmybest206 7 жыл бұрын

Subr Subrr Faust has already been done :DDD

@subrsubrr334 7 жыл бұрын

No, that's Marlowe. I mean Goethe

@sillygabbs 7 жыл бұрын

Same with me, this channel has made me fall in love with reading again😁.

@Grubiantoll 7 жыл бұрын

If this series would have existed 8 years ago I would have scored mad 10/10 in my literacy calsses

@rafaelcomfsemph 7 жыл бұрын

man ahahhah i'v been thinking the same thing

@bluesilkdesigns 7 жыл бұрын

Oppression without an oppressor

@mohitojha7730 3 жыл бұрын

and that is System Oppression

@zothana4600 Жыл бұрын

Tyranny without a tyrant

@cosmicpanda7712 Жыл бұрын

Prison without bars

@kartikaychoudhary8797 11 ай бұрын

Self Oppression is powerful

@leischutte9179 6 ай бұрын

It’s existential

@lucasc3966 7 жыл бұрын

From reading his "Letter to Father" (i don't know the English title), I got the feeling all his books, or at least the two that I have read (The Trial and Metamorphosis) are also about feeling hopeless, incapable of doing anything.

@ocsartobi6844 7 жыл бұрын

Very relevant for these times

@drawfiend3104 7 жыл бұрын

Very relevant for any time, really.

@DarkAngelEU 7 жыл бұрын

Which is why it is timeless :D

@GelidGanef 7 жыл бұрын

Yeah, Kafka straight predicted the nazis and shit, and Orwell stole a couple pages from him when he did his thing later. But wasn't Kafka really taking shots at religion? The Trial, The Castle, they both happen all around churches and religious symbols. The priest said it, even he's part of the jury. The Trial isn't just about a system that seems unfair. It's about being guilty, without even knowing why. And it's about Kafka's spiritual guilt, in front of judges who were everywhere, but he never got to face to hear what he did wrong.

@emt3417 7 жыл бұрын

He likely was commenting about religion, and some aspects of the expectations/obligations of family as well. At least that's how I used to think of it.

@digitalbrentable 7 жыл бұрын

My reading on the church in The Trial is that it's a metaphor for how these kinds of totalitarian bureaucracies often to collude with, co-opt, and deploy traditional religious values and devotion as a method of reinforcing control (alongside other methods). In this manner, organised religion becomes a tool for societal control and institutional oppression, at least as much if not more so than as a cultural centre of religious faith.

@Posiman 7 жыл бұрын

I wouldn't take it as a religious metaphor, considering Kafka was from Prague. Religion was not such a big theme and churches powers were limited. Jews back then were not discriminated here because of their religion, but because they were usually German (or Yiddish) speaking and Czech speaking people hated them for that. In Czech history, religion was often used just as a tool of power with reigning dynasties changing the official religion back and forth. This is what I see as the reason for making religious figures part of the depersonalised, all encompassing bureaucratic regime in his books.

@socotroquito2007 6 жыл бұрын

This book is direct influence in Terry Gilliam's Brazil a must see movie for Kafka fans

@acolston1670 6 жыл бұрын

We don't even know what order the chapters are supposed to be in, so...

@tedl7538 7 жыл бұрын

Dude, that was so excellent I was on the verge of tears by the end. Keep up the great work, our world needs your kind of intelligence, analysis, passion and humor now more than ever!

@TheEconomicElder 7 жыл бұрын

To me The Trial is not about totalitarianism of government. Its about the human condition of guilt. The main character tries to cure his "guilt" by 4 ways. 1. to rid his guilt by love (sex) 2. to rid his guilt by beauty (art) 3. to rid his guilt by wealth (money) 4. to rid his guilt by faith (religion) in the end he cant rid himself of guilt cause he realizes its part of the human condition (just like a dog cant stop being a dog), so he commits suicide. All the other characters are just his imagination.

@18skeltor 5 жыл бұрын

There are thousands of different interpretations of any of Kafka's works, but you're confident on exactly which the correct one is?!

@gashbox9096 5 жыл бұрын

I just read the book and never felt K. having a sense of guilt. It was more like helplessness and not wanting to trust the system which is akin to existentialist concepts presented by an oppressive class who retaliate as just doing their job. Would be interested if you enlightened me as to why you think it about the condition of guilt?

@erheetrherh2659 4 жыл бұрын

Only rational choice for him for was to run away from the situation long as possible

@piepielord 4 жыл бұрын

I mean cool interpretation but like also a huge ass reach

@juliangordon3398 4 жыл бұрын

Damn that’s good

@i_am_ergo 7 жыл бұрын

Every time a new Thug Notes video comes to an end, I crave another one. And another. And another.

@jack_amie 7 жыл бұрын

I think to really understand this book you need to understand the relationship Franz Kafka had with his father.

@kafkamirro 5 жыл бұрын

So his father is the government?

@alexandreramos9375 5 жыл бұрын

@@kafkamirro Look for a leather called "Letter to His Father". It may give some insight but I don't think it really explains this book.

@NVB381 2 жыл бұрын

Basically he had a tough relationship with his father, who punished him severely without any logical reason. In this work Jozef is a reflection of himself of Kafka. In this book Josef didn't do anything wrong , but he is arrested. It reflects his life and experiences he had in his real life.

@DarkAngelEU 7 жыл бұрын

This was the first novel I ever read out of curiosity for something "more adult", fucked up my entire adolescence.

@RandallStephens397 7 жыл бұрын

America, Kafka called. He wants his nightmare back.

@ehmiguel7602 7 жыл бұрын

Randall Stephens what do you mean?

@iliakorvigo7341 5 жыл бұрын

Here in Russia we've got a saying: "Мы рождены, чтобы Кафку сделать былью," - which translates to: "We were born to turn Kafka's fiction into reality". From my experience, that also applies to "1984" and the "Brave New World" among other things.

@_karla._ 4 жыл бұрын

In germany it is still a pretty bad system though. We have Hartz IV which is meant to help people without employment and people who are not able to work. It is a veeeery complicated system which is very frustrating to go through and if you do anything wrong, forget to send a form in or don't obey the insanely stupid guidelines which are only there to beautify statistics (I'm not even kidding, look it up) you could even lose 100% of your financial resources (which is illegal since a few weeks because it isn't compatible with basic human rights). And then everybody is wondering why there are so many homeless people.

@HAL-vc3of 3 жыл бұрын

Bra, what? We, in America, live in a goddamn utopia compared to places like China and Russia, or even some European countries. These places are more Kafkaesque.

@shahsadsaadu5817 3 жыл бұрын

@@HAL-vc3of keep thinking that.

@xSoulReverse 7 жыл бұрын

Do the Philosophy of *Filthy Frank*! This is my 13th petition.

@MissPonsy 7 жыл бұрын

ot7461 that would be amazing

@midas4925 7 жыл бұрын

Filthy Frank doesn't have any meaning behind it

@NSFSponsor 7 жыл бұрын

ot7461 Filthy Frank is an idiot. That's the moral.

@Chamillionaire993 7 жыл бұрын

MIDAS Everthing has a meaning behind it, even Filthy Franks videos. Just because something looks stupid doesn't mean it has no value.

@3NinJas3 7 жыл бұрын

Dude, the petitions aren't cutting it. He requires sacrifices.

@jennielittle3817 2 жыл бұрын

He totally made this an easier book to understand. The book is small but quite a heavy tome! However, the The Thug breaks it down is spot on!. Loved the entertaining way this was presented!

@breonofthefrench8728 7 жыл бұрын

This is the first and only time that Kafka has been explained to me so well and interpreted in such a way that I clearly understand. Thank you Thug Notes. This is why I watch you.

@SandersAmps Жыл бұрын

So good to check in on these every once in a while - super uplifting, even if Kafka writes the darkest stuff ever. Thank you Thug Notes!

@HMMGrimReaper 6 жыл бұрын

This channel is one of the most creative things I've seen on youtube. Brilliant! Keep it up!

@maksimilijan5029 7 жыл бұрын

i wrote a play called "one more cup of kafka" once. about a hobo named kafka that bummed around on trains. it sucked, but the title is great.

@may-kq8tj 4 жыл бұрын

Not really tbh, its pretty pretentious referencing the name of an author 99% of the population dont know about, let alone care about.

@jojohairee9987 4 жыл бұрын

@@may-kq8tj it's not pretentious, you're just being a negative person. 99% of the population don't know about the author? Well maybe by using the author's name in the title people will take interest in the author and will be introduced to his literatures.

@may-kq8tj 4 жыл бұрын

@@jojohairee9987 Nah its pretentious, the cattle are not so easily moved by casual references. There is too much mental shielding on their part to warrant exploring something more in depth such as kafka. And its pretentious mostly because of its surface level reference to kafka.

@experssion123 4 жыл бұрын

@@may-kq8tj nice projection. You sound pretentious as fuck

@shitlordflytrap1078 4 жыл бұрын

@@may-kq8tj If you don't know who Kafka is, you don't know world literature. Kafka literally has a word derived from his name used to describe a nonsensical, overly complicated system. He literally changed the course of modern literature. I'm sorry, but what the fuck are you on about.

@ShardtheWolf 7 жыл бұрын

I'd love to see any of the H.P. Lovecraft stories here.

@dannyp2970 6 жыл бұрын

He doesn't get all buthurt about racist artists, he can separate the creation from the creator. Thank Fuck cause all that "H.P. Lovecraft is racist so I ain't gonna read his book," is some straight SJW toilet shit.

@scholesyfan 7 жыл бұрын

One of the best lists on youtube. I really like the way it is presented. Keep the good work going. Peace, Nikhil

@rileyyakabuskie1427 6 жыл бұрын

The straightforwardness of this man's approach and analysis of literature is effective at ringing out the story's fill, leaving the important and significant events, facts, and themes bare; very useful for a ready such as me who fails to retain and realize things as such within a novel. Bravo.

@osirisgem 7 жыл бұрын

Happy holidays. I have to say, as I have said before, or at least typed before, this is maybe my favorite series on youtube and as far as over all channel enjoyment, Wisecrack is probably the the best ratio of programming vs. programming I will actually watch. So thanks for that.

@stacksmalacks8826 7 жыл бұрын

How coincidental, I just finished this last week and have moved onto the Castle in the meantime. Looked for any decent analysis of the Trial and there seems to be a lack so I am glad for anything this video puts across.

@finito1989 7 жыл бұрын

This is literally my favorite episode of thug notes. The last line stuck a chord with me. "Like a dog"

@gabrielfranca8352 7 жыл бұрын

Great as always. This videos are amazing and have introduced me to some fantastic works of literature. Congratulations, Wisecrack

@Lucas-om4do 2 жыл бұрын

this is by far the best summary video on the trial that I have ever seen.

@drawfiend3104 7 жыл бұрын

The impression I got after reading The Trial was that it took place in less a dystopian/totalitarian world, and more of a "spending the afternoon in a government administration building" world. It was a mind-numbing, incoherent, badly-organized place where only the insiders flourished and everyone else got bent over. Even. So. Slowly. Because heaven forbid that the bureaucrats do anything quickly.

@stevenklnes7148 7 жыл бұрын

I'm still hoping Thug Notes does my favorite piece from Kafka, "In the Penal Colony"

@zimtkind2255 4 жыл бұрын

Oh so good!

@SuperTonyony 3 жыл бұрын

That one’s gut-wrenching!

@HAL-vc3of 3 жыл бұрын

That one’s great. To bad it never happened

@petalx3682 7 жыл бұрын

Wow absolutely amazing video and short version of the book!! Love that video :)

@amightyadam 7 жыл бұрын

this series needs so much more love! thank you!

@SirNightmareFuel 7 жыл бұрын

I'd really like to know how you obtain these pictures of people in suits in different poses? Do you make them yourself, or modify existing ones... my curiousity is killing me!

@jromero17 7 жыл бұрын

Whos That Guy? The pictures are from the movie, and yes you can tell that they alter the photos to make them look like they are changing their facial features.

@midas4925 7 жыл бұрын

I don't know about the bodies, but some of the faces they used in this video are cutouts of Egon Schiele's paintings.

@leosheingate2068 7 жыл бұрын

MIDAS glad someone else noticed

@MightyMarin 7 жыл бұрын

Pleaseeeeee do CANDIDE by VOLTAIRE!

@andrius799 7 жыл бұрын

Pleeeasseeee Wisecrack

@Mosixman 7 жыл бұрын

MightyMarin YES! I just read it for the first time two weeks ago and it was so good I didn't put It down until I was done! SO good!

@martinpeek2441 7 жыл бұрын

Pangloss was right

@animatronicfuturisticshama1153 7 жыл бұрын

Candide is just Voltaire misinterpreting Liebniz's phrase that ''this is the best of all possible worlds''. Voltaire seems to think that by Leibniz saying this, he meant that everything in the world was peachy, fine and dandy, and that even torture was a beautiful thing! What Leibniz actually meant was something more along the lines of ''unfortunately enough this is the best of all possible worlds'' Basically meaning that the world is a dark place but it's not getting any better or any worse. I can't believe just how badly this phrase has been misinterpreted by everyone.

@courtneyhopf8276 7 жыл бұрын

You do realize that Candide is a satire right?

@ChannelRalph 7 жыл бұрын

Very nicely done. I remember studying this book for months at school, and you gave more insight with a lot of entertainment thrown in.....all in less than eight minutes!!!

@milesj.943 7 жыл бұрын

This series absolutely planted an interest in literature in me. I've NEVER been one to enjoy reading. I could absolutely list every book I've read in school on both hands, no problem. I read what was required of me in school, hated it, and got through it. Somehow I stumbled on the episode for The Heart of Darkness and laughed my ass off so I decided to give reading it a shot, and absolutely loved it. That was maybe a month ago and since then I've read To Kill a Mockingbird, Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde, and Lord of the Flies. I've got No Country for Old Men or Metro 2033 queued up next. Thanks Sparky.

@mrwoodchuck94 7 жыл бұрын

Do the color out of space - hp lovecraft

@moistasshole1905 7 жыл бұрын

mrwoodchuck94 yes

@davidchrysostom695 7 жыл бұрын

Oh damn, yes ! Or, At the Mountains of Madness.

@RandolphCthulhu 7 жыл бұрын

Color out of space is very good.

@luisytacc 7 жыл бұрын

They've done at the Mountains of Madness. Look it up G, it's a good episode.

@Altas8535 7 жыл бұрын

Yes more Lovecraft

@jackdeath 7 жыл бұрын

Have you done _Utopia_ by Sir Thomas More?

@jenmillett7 7 жыл бұрын

So good! So timely!! You are the best!

@marythompson5771 6 жыл бұрын

Thank you I just needed to confirm things, I loved the way you put it perfect.

@loganlepine3087 7 жыл бұрын

Love thug notes man 👌🏻👌🏻

@lukalalalalala5685 7 жыл бұрын

Do the call of Cthulhu

@DiegoAravenaRamirez 7 жыл бұрын

these analysis are so good!

@1eradney 5 жыл бұрын

Very cool brother! Loved it!

@ashleyhyatt6319 7 жыл бұрын

Thank you for all the wonderful vids. I look forward to seeing one on A Confederacy of Dunces at some point.

@mutedearthvirgo 7 жыл бұрын

Omg this is one of my favorite books!

@DTall-oz7hs 5 жыл бұрын

U're my fav book, bo

@Maniafilia 7 жыл бұрын

I luv your videos, mate! You make a great contribution :)

@Hoonters-goona-Hoont 6 жыл бұрын

I feel like the man himself had way more fun narrating this episode than many of the others. Props!

@Majoofi 7 жыл бұрын

More relevant than ever.

@reshmant7985 6 жыл бұрын

It is timeless and hence would always remain relevant

@spheal4754 7 жыл бұрын

You might as well do the Metamorphosis next.

@spheal4754 7 жыл бұрын

nvm you beat me to it

@danniemann972 7 жыл бұрын

Michael Spheal He did it already

@cultclassicdeadinside9862 7 жыл бұрын

never heard about this book until now. you make me want to read it

@leebrookes9915 6 жыл бұрын

Superb ! Just found this . Thank you sir - education is the key .

@lsporter88 7 жыл бұрын

Funny as hell. I hear what you're really alluding to. Great Video.

@Sabrina-sp9gx 7 жыл бұрын

you guys should do the little prince, it would also be good for a philosophy video too

@CarsonVOX 7 жыл бұрын

I'm not a very avid reader, but this series is just as amazing and important as all of wisecracks other series. Please never stop

@georgehamilton8330 7 жыл бұрын

top notch again, thanks Dr Sweets!

@Bloodpasta97 7 жыл бұрын

Thug Notes on Journey to the West please make it happen

@patrickdodds7162 7 жыл бұрын

Please do a Thug Notes of "Stranger in a Strange Land" by Robert Heinlein!

@dogydog247 7 жыл бұрын

great to see this brother back

@Kandiland04 Жыл бұрын

I truly enjoyed this summary and I agree with the perspective.

@antjluc 7 жыл бұрын

please cover The Native Son by Richard Wright

@nickcampanello6918 7 жыл бұрын

Do The Man in the High Castle

@alexpetkanas4205 5 жыл бұрын

This was so helpful, thank you

@AIvy1814 7 жыл бұрын

Great review!

@williamwolffenbuttel6762 7 жыл бұрын

This was amazing. Very funny, and a very well done analysis of this book, one of the most intelligent stories of all time, in my opinion. But if I could make a sugestion, I would say that the fable told by the priest to K. was very important to the meaning of the story. Maybe you could do another video using the same idea used on the Great Inquisitor and The Dark Knight video of this channel, but about that fable. In my opinion, is a very important idea, that people could really benefit from. Thank you Wisecrack, for this amazing content. PEACE

@jonahlee8894 7 жыл бұрын

the first 3 seconds as like ASMR to me..

@vazzeg 7 жыл бұрын

Great video as always and very nice touch with the Schiele cutouts. Nice reference, he had a lot of K-like trouble with the law of the time.

@ObsidianCrocodile 10 ай бұрын

Hey I just found you! Was looking for an explanation of ‘The Trial’ and your channel popped up, after listening to your hyper and excitable chatter I was hooked! Nice one mate 👍🙌

@jack02krauser 7 жыл бұрын

Hey man! do some HP Lovecraft :D

@tinanguyen9199 7 жыл бұрын

Do some Neil Gaiman! (preferably The Ocean at the End of the Lane)

@ForeverMatuk 7 жыл бұрын

Absolutely outstanding!

@CL_CORTES 7 жыл бұрын

Well delivered.. as usual !

@unclegrim 7 жыл бұрын

The Idiot or Notes from Underground by Dostoevsky?

@wwirelesswwizard 6 жыл бұрын

I'm pretty sure he's done _Notes from Underground_ , actually. It was either from the 1st or 2nd seasons of TN.

@LithiumThiefMusic 6 жыл бұрын

check the date of his comment, this was before he did it

@papagrande7448 6 жыл бұрын

GravitySloth No, the "Notes From Underground" Thug Notes came out 4 years ago.

@ciarakenny1317 7 жыл бұрын

this is how all stories should be told

@burningloki8305 7 жыл бұрын

Ciara Kenny then books would get old, if every book is the same then nothing would be special about them

@eadlynjune 7 жыл бұрын

Burning Loki Come on man, we're just having some fun. It'd be fun to think what books would be like if they were in Kafka's style!

@jeed__4241 4 жыл бұрын

Thank you for this !!!

@anickner1178 7 жыл бұрын

That's actually a excellent summary and analysis.

@Voltanaut 7 жыл бұрын

I dare you (emphasis on dare) to _attempt_ either Infinite Jest or War and Peace or... Proust!

@aliquidcow 7 жыл бұрын

War and Peace I'd love to see, I don't think it would be that hard since a lot of the second half is just Tolstoy going off on rants. Infinite Jest though, I don't even know how one would begin to summarise that!

@Voltanaut 7 жыл бұрын

aliquidcow I wouldnt mind our main man taking a month off to attempt it. Or many another Cormac McCarthy novel. Preferably The Road or one of his Southern Gothics (which are basically his first four novels).

@brandonmadden7906 7 жыл бұрын

HarryIsTheGamingGeek reading infinite jest for the first time now. def need a series of ThugNotes on it

@kyleferrandion2448 7 жыл бұрын

Please do 20,000 leagues under the sea.

@bengorelick3193 7 жыл бұрын

The Turn of the Screw would be a great one to see, keep up the great work!

@benphillips3953 7 жыл бұрын

I sincerely enjoyed this

@ayblackie5472 7 жыл бұрын

Do Candide by Voltaire.

@SuperTonyony 3 жыл бұрын

I love that one! I’ve read it over and over.

@bishop6881 7 жыл бұрын

I feel like this is a response to recent news

@bv7920 7 жыл бұрын

Why?

@spartan20005 7 жыл бұрын

Probably Trump's pick for Secretary of Defense, and how a "special law" has to be passed to qualify him for the position.

@bv7920 7 жыл бұрын

spartan20005 It's not a "special law," it would be the committee allowing a waiver...not at all unprecedented. Also, the arbitrary amount of time has changed multiple times, so it's not like there's a magic number that qualifies or disqualifies an appointee. Furthermore, I don't see how that has anything to do with The Trial...

@tedl7538 7 жыл бұрын

Umm.....just for starters, the insane chants for locking up Hillary and Trump playing into that notion with his "Crooked Hillary" meme and threats of prosecution, when he's actually the person who's profoundly without principles. Pure Kafka, my friend.

@bv7920 7 жыл бұрын

***** If you can't see that Hillary is one of the most corrupt, duplicitous politicians of our age, you deserved to lose that election. She and the DNC even conspired to get her nominated as the #DNCLeaks clearly show.

@jasonwong9605 4 жыл бұрын

First video for this channel, I love it

@BUENMUNDOS 7 жыл бұрын

thug notes is the only reason why I'm reading more literary works. I read all the books you review. I'm reading the trial right now. thanks and keep up the awesome work!!!

@jaemelancholy1684 7 жыл бұрын

Where did you find it?

@AnthonySmith 7 жыл бұрын

yeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhh!!!!

@TheLudified 7 жыл бұрын

verified before 1k? lucky you!

@AnthonySmith 7 жыл бұрын

Sorrow In A Can i'm known for other stuff ;)

@AnthonySmith 7 жыл бұрын

Sorrow In A Can haha, nothing so interesting. I help people much more famous than me make silly online videos as a part of their job :)

@TheLudified 7 жыл бұрын

Anthony Smith Oh thats cool!

@Slayer_of_Demons 7 жыл бұрын

How about some Machavellien shit going down? The Prince sounds like a good video

@paradoxinmotion 3 жыл бұрын

these are my favourite videos ever!

@monicagalvao3500 7 жыл бұрын

This is awesome!

@b1merio 7 жыл бұрын

Given the crappy state of things lately, how abut some escapism? Terry Pratchett sounds about right. Since the Holidays are around us, how about Hogfather?